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Nadine Dorries has called for Boris Johnson to return as Prime Minister, as calls for Liz Truss to resign continue to grow. Addressing speculation about who might replace Ms Truss if she were to resign, Ms Dorries said: “There is no unity candidate. No one has enough support. Only one MP has a mandate from party members and from the British public – a mandate with an 80 seat majority. @BorisJohnson.
“The choices are simple – back Liz, if not bring back Boris or face a GE within weeks.”
Ms Truss has faced numerous calls to resign from within her own party.
Tory MPs Crispin Blunt, Andrew Bridgen and Jamie Wallis all publicly stated they believe she should resign.
More than 100 MPs are reportedly ready to submit letters of no confidence in the Prime Mininster.
This comes as the Prime Minister, who has only been in office for just 47 days, has seen plummeting approval ratings.
Conservative support dropped below 20 per cent in the worst poll yet to hit Ms Truss, giving the Labour Party a remarkable 34-point lead.
The survey, conducted by PeoplePolling for GB News, put Labour on 53 percent, the Conservatives on 19 percent and the Liberal Democrats on 9 percent.
The poll used a sample of 1,158 adults on 12 October.
Ms Truss is set to meet her cabinet and with moderate Tories in the One Nation group this evening in a bid to save her premiership.
Meanwhile, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused Ms Truss of being “in office but not in power”.
This morning, Ms Truss’ new Chancellor announced that almost all of the measures announced in Ms Truss’ mini budget will be reversed.
The basic rate of income tax will remain at 20p indefinitely – instead of being reduced to 19p.
Meanwhile, the cap on energy bills is guaranteed until April next year, but will then be reviewed.
In his address at 11am today, he said: “As I promised at the weekend, our priority in making the difficult decisions that lie ahead will always be the most vulnerable and I remain extremely confident about the UK’s long-term economic prospects as we deliver our mission to go for growth.”
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